Five Travel Scams Of The Week

Jul 14, 2014 12:33:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

It's summer and a lot of people are on the road, but some of your employees are always traveling for business, and often these are management-level people with access to lots of ...

[InfoGraphic] Ransomware Threats Concern Survey

Jul 8, 2014 7:43:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We surveyed over 300 system administrators regarding ransomware, here are the results:

Fascinating Phishing Attack On Bitcoin Auction Bidders

Jul 7, 2014 1:06:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ever hear of CoinDesk? They are a news site about pricing and other info about digital currencies. They reported a fascinating phishing attack on a list of auction participants.

The Evolution of Mobile Ransomware

Jul 3, 2014 1:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Security experts have warned for years that our smartphones are due for a major cyberattack. Like PCs back in the early days -- the 1990s -- mobile phones are largely unprotected by ...

Phishing Websites Up 10 percent First Quarter 2014

Jul 3, 2014 11:24:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

The United States continued to host the majority of phishing websites in the first quarter of 2014, but did not even crack the top 36 when it came to global computer infection rates, ...

Can You Fix A Human Problem With A Technology Solution?

Jun 16, 2014 2:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Let me be clear from the get-go: maybe partially but never 100%. Hundreds of IT security companies have tried and failed, just look at the malware infections you are battling regularly. ...

Phishing Scam Of The Week: Free World Cup Trip To Brazil

Jun 10, 2014 4:34:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

The 2014 FIFA World Cup football (soccer) has kicked off this week, and so have phishing campaigns trying to trick you into scams for free tickets, realtime news and online streaming of ...

CryptoLocker Clone Serves Up Energy Bill Spam Campaign

Jun 10, 2014 9:57:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

And here's another ransomware wannabe that has ripped off the CryptoLocker brand but is something totally different. A recent spam campaign sending out emails masquerading as an ...

New Ransomware CryptoWall Comes With A Twist

Jun 6, 2014 4:32:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

That ransomware payment is coming out of your allowance

May 30, 2014 3:55:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Cartoon: Parenting is very different in 2014 compared to 1989! "That ransomware payment is coming out of your allowance."

Scam Of The Week: eBay Password Reset Phishing Emails

May 23, 2014 1:10:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ok, unless you were on an Internet-free vacation (fat chance); you have heard that eBay managed to lose all its 145 million credentials.

And in THIS corner we have Dave

May 19, 2014 11:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

I thought you would enjoy this cartoon! LOL Stu

CryptoLocker Goes SpearPhishing

May 17, 2014 11:26:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You may be familiar with a site called Spiceworks. They have free system admin and network management software, and their business model is advertising to the hundreds of thousands that ...

Scam Of The Week: Fake Purchase Orders

May 16, 2014 12:19:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

This could be a very expensive scam to fall for, so keep on reading.

Are You Being Targeted By Hot Foreign Spies?

May 12, 2014 1:43:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Ready to be hit upon by the likes of Anna Chapman? MI5 in the UK warned that foreign spy agencies are targeting IT workers within big organizations as a means of gaining privileged access ...

Phishing campaign uses VoIP to steal card data

Apr 30, 2014 1:39:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

An Eastern European Cyber Mafia has been found to run a multi-year campaign that targets small U.S. banks and credit unions with a sophisticated VoIP phishing scheme (aka vishing) to ...

Scam Of The Week: Blended XP Phishing Security Threat

Apr 20, 2014 11:22:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

During the first quarter, I have been warning about the coming wave of Windows XP-related scams having to do with the April 8 End Of Life of XP. Here is what you can expect, and many ...

Scam Of The Week: Starbucks Gift From a Friend Phishing Emails

Apr 17, 2014 12:03:00 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

Love your tall latte? Better watch it, as a "friend" might send you an email with a fake Starbucks Coffee Gift offer. These emails read something like this in broken english. "Your friend ...

Wall Street Journal Quoted Me Regarding Ransomware Phishing Attacks

Apr 10, 2014 10:21:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This week, Wall Street Journal MarketWatch reporter Priya Anand quoted me in an article she wrote about the new wave of ransomware phishing attacks.

More Than Half Of End Users Did Not Get Security Awareness Training

Apr 10, 2014 9:23:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

This week I attended a webinar about Security Awareness Training hosted by David Monahan, Research Director Security and Risk Management of Enterprise Management Associates.

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